As far back as the 1920s, certain models of car have had distinctive hood ornaments. In the olden days, hood ornaments were used to cover up the jutting point of a car's radiator cap with ...

And like those wooden sculptures, hood ornaments were works of art. They not only represented the automaker's brand but became status symbols for the rich and famous. What's more, they had a very ...

Not all of Pontiac's hood ornaments showed the brand's namesake Native American chief, but together they tell a story of ...